The American Institute of Floral Designers put its members on alert this week for a possible e-mail scam that several members have received recently.

The e-mail claims that a man from England is setting up a photo shoot at a "MotorHome" near the locality of the recipient florist and would like the florist to provide floral arrangements for the shoot. It also indicates that money must be drawn from a U.S. bank account in order to make payments to the florists for their work.

AIFD has made attempts to contact the business information listed in the e-mail without any response and is further looking into the matter.

"None of it looks to be legit," says Eric Grammer, communications manager of AIFD. "It is most certainly a scam."

--Kori Kamradt
kkamradt@safnow.org

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